Specialty Bookselling

The Women’s National Book Association is seeking nominations of general and children’s specialty stores for its 2013 WNBA Pannell Awards.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 4, 2012.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 21, 2012.

In celebration of the Major League Baseball post-season, we present the Indie Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 7, 2012.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 23, 2012.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 9, 2012.

Monday, August 27, is the deadline for ABA member stores to place orders for this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 19, 2012.

Presented here in alphabetical order by publisher are the more than 200 titles featured in this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog.

The 2012 New Voices Committee rounded out its hard work for the year by reading more than 90 fall-release titles by first-time authors. Committee members read, voted on, and selected 12 noteworthy and exciting debuts publishing between July 1, 2012, and the end of the year in two categories: Ages 8 - 12 and Teen.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 5, 2012.

Study confirms loss of bookstores negatively impacts e-book growth; Bowker finds recreational travelers prefer print guidebooks; Tor/Forge e-books now all DRM-free; The Man Booker Prize longlist

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 24, 2012.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 8, 2012.

How booksellers can meet the diverse needs of middle grade readers of a wide range of ages and abilities was the subject of a panel discussion at the first-ever Children’s Institute, presented by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA, at BookExpo America.